MY 13 year old border x lakeland terrierhas been a "grumpy old lady" for a while, whining a lot and barking at nothing. About three weeks ago she just stopped sleeping at night. She paces the house from about 10pm till 3 or 4am. She goes and barks at the front door, then at the back door, then at the side door, scratches at any door that is closed in the house including cupboard doors. she'll settle down for about 15 mins then she'll jump up and be off on her rounds again.
I took her to the vet who did blood tests etc and gave her some anti-anxiety tablets which helped at first but I had to keep increasing the dose to have any effect. From the tests they found she has high blood pressure and possible kidney problems. So she's now on special food for kidney function, tranquilisers and Canergy tabs for dementia. Only on 2nd day of these now so don't know yet how effective they'll be.
The lack of sleep is really getting to me. I have MS and not getting a good night's sleep causes me lots of problems. I feel like a zombie and very unsteady on my feet.
Talking to the vet yesterday she very kindly and gently pointed out that dementia is incurable and any treatment is only temporary. This might be the beginning of the end for my pet. This really upset me hearing out loud the thoughts I'd already been thinking.
Sorry for such a long post. I just needed to vent and I'm so tired I can't think straight.
Has anyone else been through anything like this?
In light of our current weather.......